Cuspidor-rack.



No. 708,294. Patented Sept. 2, I902.

F. F. BALL.

CUSPIDOB RACK.

- (Application filed. Apr. 9, 1902.)

(No Model.)

WITNESSES: INVENTOH A TTOHNE Y S UNITED STATES PATENT Triton.

FARLENFORD BALL, OF. SON ORA, CALIFORNIA.

CUSPlDOR-RACK.

SPECIFICATIONfOrming part of Letters Patent No. 708,294, dated September 2, 1902.

Application filed April 9, 1902.

be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the rack with the side frames spread at their upper ends to permit the introduction of the cuspidors. Fig. 2 is a side elevation taken at a right angle to the direction of Fig. 1 and showing the side frames closed to hold the cuspidors. Fig. 3 is a top plan View of the rack open, and Fig. 4 is a top plan View of the rack closed.

By my invention I provide a novel form of rack for holding the cuspidors upon each other in an upright tier, the base of one cuspidor being fitted in the mouth of the other, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, in which the cuspidors are shown in dotted lines.

In carrying out my-invention I employ a base A, which may preferably be in the form of an open ring, having a central opening A and flared outwardly toward its upper edge A, thus adapting it to receive the base of the lower cuspidor, as will be understood in Fig. 1. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the lower cuspidor projects below the lower edge of the base A and rests upon the floor or other support, so that the weight of the tier of cuspidors is borne upon the lower one and the rack does not bear the weight, but only serves to hold the cuspidors in racked position.

The side frames B are in the form of vertically-elongated bales, having their side rods B secured at their lower ends B to the base A, preferably by looping the rings formed at the lower ends of the side bars through openings a in the base A, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. At their upper ends the opposite side frames 13 are provided with the inwardly-projecting portions 13 and with the cross-bars B and 13 which extend parallel to each other,

Serial No. 102,064. (No model.)

the bale supporting'the cross-bar B being spread or widened at 13, adjacent to the bar 13 so the cross-bar B may fit in the closed adjustment of the rack within the widened portion of the opposite side frames, as shown in Fig. 4. The handle 0, which may be of wood, metal, or other suitable material, is provided with bearings 17' and h in which journal the cross-bars B and B as shown in Figs. 1, 3, and 4. The bearings 17 and b are openings extending longitudinally through the handle C and spaced apart, so that when the handle is turned from the position shown in Figs. 1 and 3 by a half-revolution to the position shown in Fig. 4 the side frames will be drawn toward each other at their upper ends and so caused to embrace the upper cuspidor' and secure the tier in the rack as desired. The handle O is shown as slightly flattened transversely, and when adjusted from the open position (shown in Figs. 1 and 3) to the closed position (shown in Fig. 4) may be grasped in carrying the rack and contents, and will when so grasped operate to hold the side frames in closed position as desired.

In adjusting the handle to set the side frames from open to closed position it will be noticed the cross-bars are set to the opposite side of the axis of the handle from that which they occupied in the open position, this move ment causing the side frames to be drawn toward each other, as will be readily understood from the drawings. In the open position of the side frames the cuspidors can be readily introduced between the same and removed, and when the cuspidors are racked in the open frames the side frames can be readily adjusted to clamp the cuspidors and secure the same, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The improved rack herein described comprising the base in the form of a ring open at its lower end and flared outwardly toward its upper end, the side frames secured at their lower ends to the base-ring and made in the form of bails having at their upper ends inwardlyprojecting portions provided with cross-bars and one of said inwardly-projecting portions being widened adjacent to its cross-bar whereby to permit the adjustment of the other cross-bar within the said widened portion, and the handle having spaced-apart bearings for the said cross-bars and arranged when turned a half-revolution to draw the side frames toward each other or set them apart substantially as set forth.

2. The rack herein described comprising the base, the opposite side frames secured at their lower ends to the base and provided at their upper ends with inwardly-projecting portions and the handle to which the inwardlyprojecting portions are jointed at their inner ends at points spaced apart'whereby the handle may be turned a half-revolution to adjust the side frames toward or from each other at their upper ends, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination in a rack with the base, of side frames secured at their lower ends to the base, and a handle to which the upper ends of said frames are jointed at points spaced apart'whereby a half-revolution of the handle may operate to adjust the side frames substantially as set forth.

4. The combination in a rack substantially as described with the handle having spacedapart bearings of the opposite side frames provided at their ends with cross-bars journaled in said bearings and one of said frames being widened adjacent to its cross-bar, substantially as set forth. 1

5. A rack having the base composed of an integral or unbroken ring flared upwardly and open at its bottom, the side frames secured at their lower ends to the said base, and the handle connected with the upper ends of the side frames, substantially as set forth.

6. A cuspidor-rack comprising an annular unbroken base, the opposite side frames secured at their lower ends to and connected at such ends by the base, and the handle connecting the upper ends of the side frames, substantially as set forth.

FARLEN FORD BALL.

Witnesses:

J. S. OADY, JAMES E. REQUA. 

